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Re: Clock Tolerance and WAN PHY




I agree that this is an excellent and simple addition.



Osamu ISHIDA wrote:

> Correction to my previous reflector note.  
> 
> At 23:55 01/01/27 +0900, Osamu ISHIDA wrote:
> 
>> Instead, I recommend vendors to support one more MAC rate of 
>> 9.61 Gb/s.  This will allow us to map 64/66-encoded LAN-PHY signals 
>> into OPU2 by simply deleting the inter-frame Idles. 
>> 
>> (9.61 Gb/s = 9 953 280 kbit/s * 64/66 * 237/238)
> 
> 
> The recommended MAC rate for the OTN should be 9.69 Gb/s.
> (9.69 Gb/s = 9 953 280 kbit/s * 64/66 * 238/237)
> 
> Best Regards,
> Osamu
> 
> 
> At 23:55 01/01/27 +0900, Osamu ISHIDA wrote:
> 
>> Hi Gary, and All,
>> 
>> Here is the clock and its tolerance of the client signal for G.709 OTN 
>> (Optical Transport Network) that will be approved by ITU-T (Feb 2001). 
>> It does not support the direct mapping of 10.3 Gb/s LAN-PHY signal. 
>> 
>> a) it accepts OC-192c (9 953 280 kbit/s) format with approximately 
>>    +/- 45 ppm clock tolerance (CBR10G asynchronous mapping into OPU2)
>>    OPU2: Optical Channel Payload Unit 2 (OPU1 is for 2.5G, OPU3 is for 40G)
>> 
>> b) it accepts OC-192c (9 953 280 kbit/s) with +/- 20 ppm tolerance
>>    (CBR10G bit-synchronous mapping into OPU2)
>> 
>> c) it accepts bit stream (approximately 9 995 276.962 kbit/s) with 
>>    +/- 20 ppm tolerance  
>>    (Mapping of non-specific client bit stream into OPU2)
>> 
>> The possible directions I see in the 802.3ae WAN-PHY are;
>> 
>> 1) no change.  
>>    WAN-PHY signal with +/- 100 ppm tolerance will be accommodated into 
>>    OTN by ELTE (i.e. by using SONET pointer manipulation mechanism).
>> 
>> 2) reduce the WAN-PHY clock tolerance to +/- 45ppm.
>>    This will allow us to map the WAN-PHY signal into OPU2 directly if 
>>    the OTN edge equipment supports asynchronous mapping (i.e. byte 
>>    stuffing mechanism similar to that using the SONET H3 byte).  
>> 
>> 3) reduce the WAN-PHY clock tolerance to +/- 20ppm.
>>    This will allow us to map the WAN-PHY signal into OPU2 directly 
>>    even if the OTN edge equipment only supports bit-synchronous mapping 
>>    (i.e. WAN-PHY clock is used in the OTN signal as well).
>> 
>> I have no preference in the above three directions since my own 
>> interest is to have 9.29 Gb/s MAC rate from the LAN Equipment.  
>> Instead, I recommend vendors to support one more MAC rate of 
>> 9.61 Gb/s.  This will allow us to map 64/66-encoded LAN-PHY signals 
>> into OPU2 by simply deleting the inter-frame Idles. 
>> 
>> (9.61 Gb/s = 9 953 280 kbit/s * 64/66 * 237/238)
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Osamu
> 
> 
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